At least the pressure will be off air-grabber Gomes in the empty stadia that host Spurs reserves

Heurelho Gomes is clearly the sort of goalkeeper who doesn’t respond well to pressure - and there shouldn't be too much on him in the Tottenham reserves.

Given the chance to stake his claim to a first team place after the arrival of Carlo Cudicini, the Brazilian blew it in the UEFA Cup when he grabbed at thin air rather than the ball during the 2-0 defeat by Shakhtar Donetsk last night.

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Oops, I did it again: Gomes blocks the glare of his team-mates - and the floodlights - after his Donetsk horror

Gomes had gradually improved from his nightmare beginnings at White Hart Lane before Harry Redknapp signed a new stopper last month, but now his future looks bleak.

The manager said he gave Cudicini no assurances about being Spurs' first choice when he joined - Gomes has done that job for him now though, hasn't he?.